AND THE WINERS ARE

MANUEL

CLAUDIA

LUIS

AMANDA

SERGIO

OSCAR

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KATHY

Monday 2 November 2009

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Madonna graces the cover of Rolling Stone Indonesia with a vintage photo from the first album "Madonna" USA edition from 1983.

Warner Music Japan announced the release of the "Sticky & Sweet Tour" DVD, now Guy Oseary (Madonna´s manager) is saying no, that the dvd is still being edited for release and is not coming out on December.

Madonna has left Malawi after a nearly weeklong visit with her family, airport and charity officials said Saturday.

Officials said Madonna flew out of the southern African country on Friday. The 51-year-old celebrity arrived in the impoverished country on Sunday accompanied by her four children — daughters Lourdes and Mercy, and sons Rocco and David. Mercy and David were adopted from Malawi.

While in Malawi, she broke ground for her $15 million Raising Malawi Academy for Girls and visited the orphanage that cared for her son David before she adopted him.

Madonna’s Raising Malawi, a charity founded in 2006 when she first visited the country, helps feed, educate and provide medical care for some of Malawi’s orphans.

Malawi, a nation of 12 million, is one of the poorest countries in the world. About 500,000 children have lost a parent to AIDS.

A new interview comes out from Japan, on the promotion of "Celebration".

Madonna gave an interview recently to a Japanese tv channel where she apologized to Japanese fans for missing out Japan with the Sticky & Sweet Tour. She blamed that on no stadiums being available for her, but promised Japan that she will be there next time.
Also, she discussed her daughter Lola's involvement in the Celebration video, she said the dancers of the tour pushed her to do it, as they are friends of hers.
Regarding the Celebration compilation, Madonna called it "a retrospective of all the music that I've made throughout my career but it's also my way of saying thank you to all my fans who've supported my career through all these years."
Asked about her favourite song, not surprisingly Madonna answers Ray Of Light, which represents an important moment of her life, the birth of her daughter.
She called Michael Jackson an incredible singer and songwriter, whose talents were unparalleled.

A re mastered version of the 1993 movie "Snake Eyes" aka "Dangerous Games" directed by Abel Ferrara is being re--released with a brand new cover artwork on dvd in France on november 4.

Actor Ethan Hawke on Saturday praised Madonna for her boldness in speaking out against discrimination against Gypsies, words that provoked boos from thousands of fans at her concert in Romania.

Hawke, visiting Romania to help promote his mother’s charity supporting education for Gypsy children, placed the pop superstar alongside Bob Marley and John Lennon as part of a tradition of artists speaking out against racism.

“She transcended being a pop star,” he told reporters. “She drew international attention and shone the spotlight on a level of racism and the need for greater education,” Hawke said.

At an August concert in Bucharest on her “Sticky & Sweet” tour, Madonna called for an end to widespread discrimination against Eastern Europe’s Gypsies, also known as Roma. Thousands of fans responded by booing her.

“I don’t have an agenda, Madonna doesn’t have an agenda. We aren’t politicians,” Hawke said.

Hawke, 38, was to speak later Saturday at the Ovidiu Rom charity Halloween ball. He and his mother, Leslie Hawke, the charity’s president, were already dressed in costume: the actor in top hat and tails and his mother in a Japanese-style kimono, black wig and geisha-like makeup.

Fans in Argentina who bought the Celebration DVD (amaray version not the digipack) had the option to pay extra and get this Celebration tshirt too.

Madonna made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live on October 3rd, here is the rehearsal video where Madonna sang the full song and wore a shirt over her outfit, very different from the live version, in this version Madonna sings to lady gaga "I have hundreds of hits, and you only have 2.

Mo vs Gaga full gallery and more.

Thursday 29 October 2009

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Madonna with kids at the Mphandula Child Care Centre, about 47 km west of Lilongwe, Malawi (October 29 2009).

Madonna has promised electricity to a village in Malawi, the impoverished southern African country where she runs a charity organization and from which she has adopted two children.

Speaking in Mphandula, some 50 kilometers (30 miles) from Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, the singer said Thursday: “I know you work in darkness. I will bring you electricity.”

Madonna’s Raising Malawi charity already has donated $500,000 for a child care center in the village that feeds and educates 3,000 orphaned children.

Madonna arrived in Malawi on Sunday accompanied by her four children. On Monday she broke ground for her $15-million Raising Malawi Academy for Girls.

Madonna graces the cover of Italian magazine "Tu Style" this week edition.

Here is a japanese flyer from Warner Music Japan, confirming the "Sticky & Sweet Tour" DVD will be out on December 4, 2009. The ony strange thing is that Warner is not to release the DVD.

On Tuesday, along with his mother and siblings Lourdes, Rocco and Mercy, David Ciccone Ritchie made his first return visit to the Malawi orphanage where Madonna found him in 2006.

The high point of the family’s outing at the Home Child Care Center in Mchinji, Malawi: when David, 4, and his adoptive mother approached his original crib.

“It was an emotional moment,” the center’s director, Lucy Chipeta, tells Usmagazine.com, noting that the pop star, 51, wept. “David is too young to understand . . . but for us who remember the sickly tiny little baby of 2006, it was hard to hold back tears, including Madonna.”

“He is so boisterous! I can’t believe he is the same chap of 2006,” orphanage founder Thomson Chipeta told Us.

And Madonna’s celebrity — her Raising Malawi charity has helped fund the orphanage and five others in the country — was not lost on the kids, either.

“You are our god,” one young orphan told her. “Where could we have been without you?”

An onlooker noted that Madonna looked bemused by the comment but “seemed cool with it.”

Next, the uniformed children performed a traditional “warrior dance,” with David eventually gyrating to the beat as he watched alongside Madonna. Later, he and Mercy played with his old friends and he spoke a few words in Chichewa, the language spoken there. (Mercy, on the other hand, can no longer speak Chichewa. “She is pure American now,” an observer said.)

Later this week, Madonna plans to meet with Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika — and with James Kamebewa, the biological father of Mercy.

“If this young man has a story Madonna wants to hear it. If Mr. Kambewa is the dad, then Madonna won’t shield him from Mercy,” a Raising Malawi source tells Us.

Malawi is one of the southern African countries greatly devastated with HIV/AIDS. At least 14 per cent of the 13.1 million population has HIV, the virus that can lead to AIDS. There are over 2 million orphans, half of them as a direct result of HIV/AIDS.

Wednesday 28 October 2009

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This week, my family and I are in Malawi to attend the ground breaking ceremony for Raising Malawi Academy for Girls.

I am making a straightforward request.

I'm writing to urge you to join me in saving the lives of some of the world's most vulnerable children. And I'm asking you to do it right away.

Raising Malawi, the organization I co-founded in 2006, is dedicated to ending the poverty and hardship endured by Malawi's one million orphans. By donating to Raising Malawi, you can literally transform the future for an entire generation. To encourage your involvement, I've pledged $100,000 to match your contributions dollar-for-dollar.

Why Malawi?

Seven years ago I might have asked myself this very same question. Why not Afghanistan, or India? There are impoverished children, desperate for health care and education, everywhere in the world. Something about Malawi's children connected with me and their hardships were too much for me to ignore. So I started learning more about Malawi, and, little by little, I began working with Malawians to improve their communities.

Visiting Malawi can be a very humbling experience. In the face of such overwhelming challenges, it's easy to feel helpless. At the same time, it is impossible not to recognize how much we can do to improve the lives of vulnerable children. Right now, I am particularly concerned about Malawian girls whose lives are made even more difficult simply because of their gender.

In 2008 Raising Malawi announced the creation of an all-girls boarding school, the Raising Malawi Academy for Girls. Architects have drawn up plans. We've identified a plot of land. And some of Malawi's poorest girls are eager for the opportunities that a comprehensive secondary education will bring them. But we're still in need of additional funds to complete this project, and there's no time to lose.

My own daughters will each have a solid secondary education. They have a family that assures them that they can be anything they want to be, that they are not limited in any way. I believe that the same should be true for girls in every part of the world, regardless of the circumstances of their birth. The girls of Malawi are bright and resourceful. They are eager to learn and grow. When I look at my girls and see them thriving, it is my greatest wish that the girls in Malawi will have the same chance for happiness.

This is where you come in. Please join me in supporting the work of Raising Malawi. Every dollar we collect will make a huge difference in a child's life. By matching your donation, dollar for dollar, I will personally ensure that your contribution has an even greater impact. That's a promise.

This is my call to you: Give an opportunity to a child who would otherwise have none. Support the work of Raising Malawi.

Will you join me?

Please visit www.raisingmalawi.org/madonnamatch to contribute and learn more.

Tuesday 27 October 2009

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Madonna with David and Lola at the Home of Hope centre in Mchinji, 128 km west of Lilongwe, Malawi (October 27 2009)

Madonna and her four children have visited the orphanage that kept one of her sons before his 2008 adoption from the impoverished southern African country.

Home of Hope Child Care Center director Lucy Chipeta says she showed Madonna and her son David his crib during their Tuesday visit to the orphanage near the Zambian border. Siblings Lourdes, Rocco and Mercy — who was adopted from Malawi earlier this year — joined their mother on the tour of the orphanage, where Madonna’s Raising Malawi charity has built several new buildings.

Madonna and her children arrived in Malawi on Sunday. On Monday she broke ground at her charity’s new school for girls.

About 500,000 children in this nation of 12 million have lost a parent to AIDS.

Aurora Lopez Mejia has created a custom jewelry line inspired by the children of Malawi and the work of Madonna’s charitable foundation, “Raising Malawi”.

The creation of the “Mtima” necklace was motivated by Aurora asking Madonna, “What word would best describe Raising Malawi?”. Madonna responded with the word “Mtima” which means heart in Chichewa.

All Ingots are inscribed with “Mtima” on the front and “Heart” on the back.

"All profits made from the "Mtima" necklace line will go to benefit Raising Malawi."

Glee won't begin shooting new episodes again for a few weeks, but the cast already has Madonna on the brain.

If ya haven't heard by now, producers decided to do an all-Madonna episode after Madge recently gave them permission to use any songs from her catalog.

So which tunes are the stars hoping to sing? Read on to find out…

"I really think it would be awesome if Kurt did 'Don't Cry for Me Argentina' from Evita," Kevin McHale, who plays Artie, told us at this weekend's Environmental Media Awards. "He could go on top of the school with his arms outstretched. That would be hilarious." (FYI: Sure, the Evita tune probably belongs to Broadway composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, but whatever.)

Jenna Ushkowitz, who plays the sorta gloomy Tina, says Glee creator Ryan Murphy will not choose a song just because he likes it.

"I'm really excited to see what everybody sings and how they'll tie into the storyline," Ushkowitz said at Sunday's Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times Halloween Carnival. "The writers do find it very important to make sure the songs go along with the storyline."

She added, "I would love to do 'Frozen' in a cape in the middle of the desert."

McHale insists it doesn't matter to him if he gets to sing or not. "I just can't wait to see Amber [Riley, who plays Mercedes] do a Madonna song," he said. "I know she's going to rip it apart."

But before they get to Madge, McHale confirmed that the cast will hit the studio to record a cover of Wham!'s "Last Christmas," which they'll release as a single before, well, Christmas.

Happy holidays, everybody!

Monday 26 October 2009

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US pop queen Madonna broke ground today on a girls academy she is building in Chinkota, outside Lilongewe in Malawi, billed as a “gift” to the country where she has adopted two children.

The 51-year-old star cut a cake, planted a tree and turned the sod alongside her eldest daughter Lourdes, 13, at a colourful ceremony attended by about 500 locals on the outskirts of Malawi’s administrative capital Lilongwe.

According to a brochure for the Raising Malawi Girls Academy, the school will be a “leadership institution to prepare future women leaders” with 500 boarders including two impoverished girls from the country’s 28 districts.

It will “focus on mathematics and science which traditionally have failed in Malawi and elsewhere”, the brochure said.

Madonna’s school is modelled on a similar academy built by US television talk show host Oprah Winfrey.

In 2006, the chart-topping musician adopted a baby boy, David Banda, who is now three-years-old. She returned to Malawi this year to adopt a girl, Mercy James.

Madonna is also funding several charities in the small southern African country, including homes for children with AIDS.

Sunday 25 October 2009

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